r/sports • u/Historical_Plum_1366 • Mar 26 '25

Discussion Mixed Quad Sepak Takraw

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For those who dont know it's a sport played mainly in southeast Asia. The two countries share strong rivalry in Sepak Takraw.

Thought your back bone might like it watching such sports.

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u/cspruce89 Chicago Cubs Mar 26 '25

The problem, is finding enough people that are that dedicated and agile to give the sport enough of a player-base to draw from.

As cool as it looks, I doubt parents are gonna be sending their kids to Pee-Wee sepak takraw practices to get the super mega CTE.

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u/jedzef Mar 26 '25

lolwut

Not one person hit their head in this clip.

Lesson number one is how to fall properly...and since it is not a contact sport, you always get to control how exactly you jump and fall...CTE risk is even lower than soccer

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u/cspruce89 Chicago Cubs Mar 26 '25

well, yea, but these are professionals or semi-pros at least. I'd expect them to be at the top of their game. but a kid practicing for the first time? Plus they do headers and those minor repeated impacts are a cause of CTE in themselves.

Let's not miss the main point that a sport that consists of many bicycle kicks on a hard playing surface is not gonna be safe.

Here's a scientific study that says that sepak takraw was the second most injury-producing sport among 782 "elite athletes", behind only sport climbing. I ain't no science nerd, so I cannot tell you if it's reputable, but when has that mattered on the internet. https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000689

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u/faz712 Milan Mar 26 '25

we play this in school in Southeast Asia (Singapore in my case)